In one word or less: wow. NVIDIA's MWC announcement of the APX 2500 cellphone applications processor was a stunner and we expect the cellular community is going to welcome them with open arms. We've covered what the hardware is all about, but we've also found out it'll be packin' 7.2 Mbps HSDPA in many flavors, quad-band GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and it frickin' plays Quake 3, like a monster. While gaming doesn't mean it'll be a successful device, the 2500 certainly seems to have the grunt to get some serious work done and with its Windows Mobile 6 underpinnings, it'll play well with current software.
NVIDIA APX 2500 runs Quake 3
Posted on Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 0:46 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget published a picture of a device powered by the NVIDIA APX 2500 CPU that runs Quake 3: